Small Group: Ischemic Heart Disease

Question 1

How do you distinguish angina from infarction?

Answer 1

Angina goes away with rest (eventually), while infarction pain will persist; also, infarction will often lead to other signs and symptoms–such as sweating

Question 2

Eating can __________ cardiac oxygen supply.

Answer 2

decrease (by diverting blood to the stomach)

Question 3

Emotional stress and smoking can increase cardiac oxygen demand by ___________.

Answer 3

stimulating the sympathetic nervous system

Question 4

_________ can lead to a low pulse pressure.

Answer 4

Vasoconstriction

Question 5

Estrogen helps prevent ___________.

Answer 5

stable angina, so surgically induced menopause leads to increased risk of angina

Question 6

Ranolozine improves ______________.

Answer 6

exercise tolerance without decreasing oxygen demand

Question 7

Those with stable angina should be given __________ to help improve exercise tolerance.

Answer 7

ß-blockers and calcium-channel blockers

Question 8

Angioplasty does not improve ________ in those with stable angina, only _________.

Answer 8

mortality; symptoms